Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-23

principles, but also OF plapkS defining
the party purpose with regard to public
concerns which cannot be reached by
declaration Of underlying principles In
this country the will of the majority is
supreme; and the minor declarations OF
parties are but the utteranCes that seek
to reflect the will Of the people. These
subordinate party platform plank5 ere al
wsys the result of popular de-
mand, and any man msy read the
tendencies of the American people
lby intelligent study OF American
party platforms. The Cleveland COaio)
Democratic platform is pregnant with
meaning, and the following plsnks OF that
platform make interesting study for the
political student:
We are in hearty sympathy with al people
struggling to uee themselves from environ
ments OF despOtism and especially does the
long ard gallant struggle of Ireland lor the
priceless boon of home rule and the rlghts Of
manhood evoke our warnest applause and
| command cur heartest good wishes for speedy
! success.
servatoT Of free and liberal institutions. should
enjoy It's full share of benefits derived TIERS
( from. Therefore. we favor sUch restraints Of
| contradictions and enCToachments of corporate
power as viii be the best possible protection 10
hone st labor and at the same time will conserve
the interests Of honestly employed capital.
| We favor such legislation on the question Of
! immigration Is will prevent TIE landing for
! p.rmanent residence of aliens who are not
I
/ citizens We declare our opposition to the i'm
portation OF contract labor. and we demand tho
speedy punishment of all persons melting riot
ard revolution against republican Institutions.
We demand the fullest safeguards for the
ballot box. the punishment Of al who seek to
corrupt il and the enactment of 4 law making
It a felony for CO -pOratiOns, capitalists and en-
ployes TO intimldate or attempt to control the
political action Of their employee
The Industrial interests of the sia;e require
that the equal use Of al transportation facln
ties be secured to al on equal terms and we
demand that favOrlism BY common carriers
and the emplOym Mt Of corporate franchises TO
foster, monOpolize and Cypress the people be
prohibited by law, and that pools, combinations
or cOnspiraCies TO corner or forestall the mar
ket, to fetter or crush free competition be sup
pressed 10y legislation.
We declare in favor OF the proper regulation
OF the liquor traffic, and believe It to be the
duty Of all good citizens 20 aid IN reducing 10
the minimum the evils resulting therefrom,
end 10 this end we favor the submission Of an
amendment TO the constitution providing for
the high license Of such traffic
The last plank Will have special inter
est for the people of Texas who are just
now debating 2 prohibition amendment.
The Cleveland platform spoke in response
to public demand, as all platforms of
all parties speak. The man is blind who
does not see that the regulation of the
liquor traffic and the restriction of "the
evils resulting theFefrom," is & burning
question. From the st. Lawrence to the
Rio Grande, from tie Atlantic to the
Pacific, the people are debating some
form Of regulation that will relieve them
from the evils which no man has ever yet
denied the existence of, There has not
been a question in this country for
quarter OF s century that has so entered
into the daily thought and discussion of
the people-ot the people whose will in
this land is its law,
The Prohibition party owes whatever
Of momentum it has obtained to the pro-
crastinstion of the old parties in dealing
with the question; IN the north this Pro-
hibition party has been built up at the
expense Of the Republican party, and in
1884 gave the state Of New York to
Cleveland, thus contributing to the
election of e Democratic President;
in Kansas it whipped the Republican
party into dealing with the question by
electing 8 Democratic Governor; snd it
will live and grow to the detriment clone
or both of the old parties unless the old
parties deal with the issue upon which
the Prohibition party is being Quilt up.
The Democratic party OF Ohio has seen
the danger and seeks to avert it through
high license. This plank in the
Ohio platform is not SO i'm
portant because Of the form
OF regulation proposed as because of the
indication that the Democracy is aroused |
to the necessity of dealing with the evil |
in some form.
AS to the ultimate form of regulation J
decided upon by the people, much will
depend upon the conduct of the saloons.
The people have come to regard these
as class interest, aud just in proportion
to the arrogance of this interest, its con-
tempt for regulation and its interference,
SIS e crystslized force, in munic-
ipaI and county politics, will
be the strength of the popular
resolve to extirpste the saloon, If there
be no other way to control it. If the
saloons, on the other hand, submit to
regulations and obey the laws made for
their control, they can modify the public
,lamor end secure lease of life through
less heroic than utter extirps-
ion. The clamor is against the traffic,
lot the men, and the popular prejudice
3 seen In the exclusions Of certain So